 The Shires of Perth and Wanneroo agreed to build a new road on the present alignment, and closed 95 chains () of the old road between what is now Glendale Avenue and Wanneroo Road.In 1974, the Warwick Grove Shopping Centre was built at the intersection of Erindale Road.A bus transfer station alongside the proposed Mitchell Freeway was constructed in the early 1980s, which was demolished in 1992 to construct Warwick railway station.